BunnyChickenMomma
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- May 5, 2023
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Hi, Again!
My last girl Thyme just started laying eggs two days ago. This morning when we were letting the girls out to forage, we noticed Thyme was not with her sisters. She was in the coop up on the roosts and very quiet - she usually talks to me nonstop. That's when I saw what I thought was a weird looking poop on the ground, and realized it was a yoke. Not too far away was a shellless egg, and upon inspection it also had a yolk inside (we didn't eat it). She seemed lethargic and quiet, just preferring to roost by herself instead of join her sisters.
She's now out foraging, but is still very quiet and dos not seem like herself. Her comb seems pale and she's eating, but not with the same gusto. I've heard newly laying hens sometimes lay shell-less eggs, but she seems very affected by it. Any advice?
The girls all get layer feed and I always have a bowl of free choice oyster shell. They also get to forage in our yard a few hours each day under supervision.
My last girl Thyme just started laying eggs two days ago. This morning when we were letting the girls out to forage, we noticed Thyme was not with her sisters. She was in the coop up on the roosts and very quiet - she usually talks to me nonstop. That's when I saw what I thought was a weird looking poop on the ground, and realized it was a yoke. Not too far away was a shellless egg, and upon inspection it also had a yolk inside (we didn't eat it). She seemed lethargic and quiet, just preferring to roost by herself instead of join her sisters.
She's now out foraging, but is still very quiet and dos not seem like herself. Her comb seems pale and she's eating, but not with the same gusto. I've heard newly laying hens sometimes lay shell-less eggs, but she seems very affected by it. Any advice?
The girls all get layer feed and I always have a bowl of free choice oyster shell. They also get to forage in our yard a few hours each day under supervision.
